With the Farm to Fuel Summit coming up July 29-31, Ag Commissioner Charlie Bronson says that it has been very successful through the past four years.
Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Saxby Chambliss, has introduced two pieces of legislation to promote a more effective national response to outbreaks of food-borne sickness.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Coffee and tea drinkers, take note — a University of Florida study says a beverage made from a native holly tree might be just the thing to give you a caffeinated kick-start, plus a dose of antioxidants.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is urging the public to be especially careful with outdoor cooking, trash burning and fireworks over the 4th of July holiday weekend.
More information about fire safety is available on the web site of the Florida Division of Forestry.
The Clean Water Restoration Act has been passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Don Parmeter, co-chair of the National Water and Conservation Alliance, says that bill has vast implications.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Cost-Share Program, which offers partial cost reimbursement to eligible landowners for pre-commercial thinning, prescribed burning, planting longleaf pine, and mechanical underbrush treatments … and an incentive payment for conducting a first pulpwood thinning.
Information on how to apply to the program is available on the Florida Division of Forestry web site, or by contacting a local DOF county forester.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fuel isn’t the only product derived from petroleum. Byproducts of the refining process are used to create other substances, such as plastics. However, in the race to replace our dependence on petroleum with biofuels, these valuable byproducts are often overlooked.
Thefts are still costly to farmers. Today Everett Griner talks about just what is targeted.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is warning about the threat to avocado and redbay trees of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and the Laurel Wilt disease caused by the insect pest. More information is available from the FDACS Division of Plant Industry web site by clicking on Laurel Wilt.
AL/FL/GA agreement is still missing. Everett Griner gives us the details.
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TALLAHASSEE - Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced today that the department’s Division of Forestry will offer a pilot Cogongrass Treatment Cost Share Program to eligible non-industrial private landowners in several north Florida counties beginning next week.
AUBURN, Ala. – State Conservationist Dr. William Puckett with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced June 30, 2009, as the cutoff date for a Partnership Initiative with the Alabama Forestry Commission Targeting Underserved Forest Landowners under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Applying for EQIP is continuous; however, selecting applications for funding is completed periodically through batching periods with specific cutoff dates.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Plans for a new cellulosic ethanol research and demonstration plant to be built by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are being revamped for a location closer to Gainesville.
In this report, USDA Radio’s Gary Crawford (photo) talks with Meteorologist Brad Rippey about the potential for an El Nino weather pattern to develop, and if it does, what the impacts on various areas of the U S may be.
A new study has shown increasing the amount of ethanol blended into the gasoline supply to 15-percent, would have a minimal impact on prices while helping to increase farm income and provide value to the nation’s economy. Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis says the study reinforces the fact that America’s farmers are up to the task of providing energy.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced that the department’s Division of Forestry is re-offering the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Cost-Share Program to eligible non-industrial private forest landowners.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the 2009 Farm to Fuel Summit. More information is available on the web by clicking on Summit.
Southeast AgNet recently had the opportunity to speak with Senator Saxby Chambliss who had this message for Georgia producers.
Southeast AgNet recently had the opportunity to interview Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding the progress of the 2008 Farm Bill Implementation process.
The Renewable Fuel Standard Improvement Act, or H.R. 2409 has been introduced in an effort to eliminate the EPA requirement which considers indirect land use when calculating greenhouse gas emissions associated with advanced biofuels.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack held a rural community forum in Southeastern Georgia to announce American Renewal and Reinvestment Act projects aimed at improving local communities and benefiting people throughout rural America.
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This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the current wildfire activity in the state and precautions to take to reduce the risk.
More information about wildfire in Florida can be found on the Florida Division of Forestry web site at Wildland Fire
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama wants to remind landowners about three Wetlands Reserve Program workshops coming up next week.
Learn more or register for a WRP workshop at the Alabama NRCS website
Sausage……America’s most versatile meat. Everett Griner tells us all about it.
The Value of Shade Study has revealed that depending on where trees are located in your landscape, summer time electric bills may decrease on average of 5 percent.
Auburn, AL – The U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station has announced that May 12th as Forestry Field Day where they will join research partners to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Escambia Experimental Forest (Escambia) and the Farm 40 study. SRS employees and partners will gather at the experimental forest on May 12, 2009, to honor its contributions to science and forestry.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about how prescribed burning benefits our forests. More information is available on the Florida Division of Forestry web site by clicking on Prescribed Fire.
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) being awarded $900,000 under the federal stimulus plan to conduct wildfire prevention efforts.
More information is available online on the FDACS web site at Stimulus Money; and on the Florida Division of Forestry web site at Recovery Act.
Planting efforts result in the regeneration and growth of millions of trees
Gainesville, Fla. — Plum Creek Timber Company today announced this year’s spring planting exceeded 12.2 million seedlings in Florida. The effort is part of Plum Creek’s plan to regenerate and grow forests for future generations. Read the rest of this entry »
Rural crime increases. Everett Griner tells us all about this dilemma today.
